Tech

5 Aug 2026 - Yellow Card, the Africa-born stablecoin infrastructure provider, has raised $40 million in strategic equity funding to expand its push into bank-grade stablecoin payments.…

5 Aug 2026 - Lagos-born mobility company Moove has crossed into unicorn territory, closing a $250 million Series C round that values the company at $2.1 billion. It is the largest single…

5 Aug 2026 - Yellow Card has raised $40 million in a strategic funding round to broaden its stablecoin payment infrastructure and scale its Global USD Accounts platform, as demand for…

5 Aug 2026 - Basketball has moved from the sidelines to the center of conversation across West Africa. Football still commands the largest audience, yet basketball continues to attract…

5 Aug 2026 - Absa Bank has significantly reduced the time it takes to process debt review documents after deploying an artificial intelligence (AI) and optical character recognition (OCR…

4 Aug 2026 - Africa’s space race is no longer defined by a handful of satellite launches. It has become a broader effort to build national capability across communications, Earth…

4 Aug 2026 - Kenya’s fixed broadband market has for years been defined by expansion. Internet service providers competed to reach more estates, apartment blocks and towns as demand for…

4 Aug 2026 - A new eSIM platform, Kwetu eSIM, is targeting travellers frustrated by roaming charges and airport SIM card queues, offering instant mobile data activation in more than 190…

4 Aug 2026 - For decades, expanding mobile coverage has largely meant building more towers, laying more fibre and extending networks into areas where demand could justify the investment.…

4 Aug 2026 - Artificial intelligence now plays a role in 55 percent of reported cybercrime across Africa, according to the INTERPOL African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026, which…

4 Aug 2026 - Fintech company Mintoak has acquired Dubai-based ICC Loyalty in a move to expand its banking technology offerings beyond payments into customer engagement, loyalty and…

4 Aug 2026 - New findings from Kaspersky have revealed that Africa is experiencing a sharp rise in cyberespionage activity, with spyware and credential theft emerging as some of the…

4 Aug 2026 - African Marketplace (AMP), the pan-continental trade and cultural platform spotlighting export-ready brands from Africa and the Caribbean, is returning to Dubai for a second…

4 Aug 2026 - TurnStay, a South African fintech that helps African travel businesses collect payments from international guests, has processed more than R1 billion (approx. $60.5 million)…

4 Aug 2026 - Airtel has set a new completion target of July 2027 for its Nxtra data centre in Tatu City, pushing back the timeline from the first-quarter 2027 date given when construction…

3 Aug 2026 - Africa’s digital economy is accelerating at remarkable pace, drawing millions of first-time users into mobile money, e-commerce, digital lending and AI-enabled public…

3 Aug 2026 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, working with the Smart Africa Secretariat, has opened the third edition of the Innovate Africa Challenge, a…

3 Aug 2026 - For years, when people talked about stablecoins, they were really talking about crypto markets. Regulators in Washington debated whether dollar-backed tokens threatened…

3 Aug 2026 - Coursera has announced a $100 million strategic equity investment in LearnVector, a newly launched AI-native learning company founded and led by Andrew Ng, the AI researcher…

3 Aug 2026 - This morning, I attended an Airtel Kenya and Airtel Money business update in Nairobi that marked the first media engagement for two of the company’s new leaders. Djibril Tobe…

3 Aug 2026 - Nedbank has named Nikos Angelopoulos as its new Group Chief Information Officer (CIO), with the appointment set to take an effect on 1st September 2026. The leadership change…

3 Aug 2026 - Airtel Money Kenya has unveiled Bizna Wallet, a dedicated business wallet designed to help small businesses manage their finances through a digital solution, the company said…

3 Aug 2026 - Global cybersecurity accreditation body CREST has introduced new artificial intelligence (AI) accreditation standards for cybersecurity service providers, becoming one of the…

3 Aug 2026 - Hashed Emergent, the venture capital firm accelerating web3 adoption in Africa and other emerging markets, has released the inaugural edition of the “Kenya Web3 Landscape…

3 Aug 2026 - Carrefour Kenya has collaborated with KCB Bank Kenya and Mastercard to launch a new prepaid payment card designed at helping customers better plan and manage their grocery…

3 Aug 2026 - Safaricom shareholders approved a final dividend of KSh1.15 per share at the company’s 18th Annual General Meeting on 31 July, taking its total payout for the 2026 financial…

3 Aug 2026 - Turkish ground handling firm Çelebi Aviation has signed an agreement to provide ground handling services for Turkish Airlines’ Istanbul-Nairobi-Istanbul route at Jomo…

1 Aug 2026 - I came across an interesting Zuku promotional flyer while visiting a shopping mall in Nairobi. At first, what caught my attention were the home internet packages being…

1 Aug 2026 - Sometimes the real value of a mobile network only becomes clear when the Wi-Fi fails and the network you normally use for data suddenly cannot keep up. That happened to me…

1 Aug 2026 - TechTrends Media, in partnership with Ardena Consulting and Africa Business Communities, will host the GreenShift Forum 2026 in Nairobi on October 22, bringing together…

1 Aug 2026 - Safaricom plans to build 300 additional network masts and enhance several of its data bundles as demand for mobile connectivity continues to rise across Kenya. The expansion…

1 Aug 2026 - Creators and publishers who have spent years placing article links in the replies to their posts may finally be able to leave that habit behind. In a public exchange on X,…

1 Aug 2026 - The US 6G alliance has moved from policy discussions to coordinated international action as Washington works with 24 partner countries to shape the next generation of…

1 Aug 2026 - Safaricom is temporarily raising the fee-free payment limit on Pochi la Biashara from KSh100 to KSh200 as part of a broader reduction in M-PESA merchant charges aimed at…

1 Aug 2026 - Tecno has unveiled its Next-Gen Borderless Concept Phone, a prototype that the company says features a 0mm bezel display with no visible borders around the screen. The device…

31 Jul 2026 - Safaricom shareholders have approved 14 special resolutions that formally align the company’s governance framework with Vodacom’s majority ownership following the completion…

31 Jul 2026 - Kenya has concluded a two-week training programme for internet experts from 25 African countries, bringing together 45 specialists responsible for managing national internet…

31 Jul 2026 - Many small business owners assume stronger cybersecurity means buying more software. In reality, a layered cybersecurity strategy for small businesses is built by combining…

31 Jul 2026 - Safaricom Plc increased its financial commitment to its Ethiopia subsidiary by KSh1.4 billion during the three months to June 2026, taking its cumulative investment in the…

31 Jul 2026 - Kenya has released the findings of a National Steering Committee on Digital Piracy, which estimates the practice costs the economy $712 million (KES92 billion) a year and is…

31 Jul 2026 - The advent of mobile phones, mobile internet and mobile money has revolutionized betting in Kenya, with the industry growing at a rapid pace online. However, when it comes…

31 Jul 2026 - Samsung may be preparing one of the most significant software changes in the history of One UI, and if reports of its rebuild prove accurate, the impact could extend far…

31 Jul 2026 - Electric mobility company eWAKA has been recognized among Top 50 Africa’s leading mobility companies in the 2026 Mobility X Africa rankings, highlighting the company’s…

31 Jul 2026 - Kaspersky has recently cautioned about cybercriminals exploiting the digital advertising platform to identify, track and target individuals, raising concerns about the…

31 Jul 2026 - Banking, shopping, travel, entertainment, and communication, are just a few of the things that mobile apps can be used for, as well as work. There are many that are…

31 Jul 2026 - Kenya’s payments landscape has moved well beyond mobile money, with contactless cards, QR codes and instant bank transfers becoming part of everyday transactions for…

31 Jul 2026 - Nigerian financial-services company Zedcrest Group has completed its acquisition of Leatherback, a UK-founded financial-technology business specialising in international…

30 Jul 2026 - Kenya Airways has acknowledged its top-performing travel agency partners as it pushes ahead with aspiring expansion plan that will see its fleet grow from the current 32…

30 Jul 2026 - For Kon Lual and Ian Mwadiloh, winning the 2025 Young Scientists Kenya National Exhibition was the beginning of the story rather than the end of it. YSK exists on a simple…

30 Jul 2026 - Africa risks exporting raw data to feed artificial intelligence (AI) models built abroad, only to buy back the resulting technology under expensive licences, a new report by…